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(...) is (...) Not really.. braking using the current generated by the motor (acting as a generator) once the power is removed from it. H-Bridge has what is called a break bit. The break bit simply shorts the two terminals on the motor together, (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Maybe make this selectable with a build option? The bad thing about brake is that it actually draws current (=reduces battery life) ROSCO (22 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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i got this error while trying to setup legOS 0.2.6 i'm running windows XP scott@FAMILYCOMPUTER /legos-0.2.6 $ make depend for i in util lib boot demo ; do make - --unix NODEPS=yes -C $i depend || exit 2 ; done make[1]: Entering directory (...) (22 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I was torn between 'float' and 'brake' when implementing the remote control handler. I eventually opted for 'brake' since that is how the Lego RCX firmware does it. With regard to the strange motor behavior. I too noticed this while debugging the (...) (22 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Nope, shorting the motors has no effect on the batteries actually.. when you spin the motor, it acts like a generator... by shorting out the motor you are actually using the motors own reverse emf (electromotive force) to brake system. I (...) (22 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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